1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 320 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004 .SHORT TERM...SEA BREEZE COVECTION BEGINNING TO FIRE ALONG CRYSTAL COAST AND ALONG SECOND BOUNDRY THAT IS SEEN WELL IN THE VISIBLE STLT IMAGERY NEAR THE PAMLICO RIVER. THESE SHOWERS AND THE LINGERING CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PROGGED TO BE JUST SOUTH OF OUR CWA TOMORROW MORNING THEN WASHES OUT AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE CWA TOMORROW AS A S WIND FLO BEGINS TO DOMINATE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN APPEARS TO BE TOMORROW NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AS MAJOR SHORTWAVE ROTATES AROUND THE BOTTOM OF A TROF AND OVER NC. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT IN SUBSIDENCE BEHIND SHRTWV. .LONG TERM...HI PRES OFF THE SOUTHEAST US COAST BEGINS TO DOMINATE LATE IN THE WEAK FORCING SHORTWAVE TROF TO STAY NORTH OF OUR AREA SATURDAY AND BEYOND. BUMPED AFTN POPS DOWN FROM 30 TO 20 SUN...MON...TUES AS LIFT BECOMES AN ISSUE. .MARINE...18Z ANAL SHOWS A VERY WEAK MSLP PATTER ACRS OUR AREA... WITH PERHAPS A WEAK BNDRY MVG S ACRS OUR WTRS. WIND OBS THIS AFTERNOON ARE LT AND SEAS AT THE BUOYS ARE AOB 3FT. MDLS SHOWS THIS BNDRY BETWEEN LOOKOUT AND HATTERAS OVERNT THEN GRADUALLY MVG N AND FLOW BCMG S BY LATE WED INTO THU AS A LOW PRES WV DEEPENS TO OUR W. WINDS AND SEAS MAY INCRS CLOSE TO SCA LATE THU AS THE LOW MVS BY AND OFSHR TO OUR N. SW FLOW BLO SCA CRITERIA THEN EXPECTED THE REST OF THE FORECAST PD WITH LTL CHNG IN THE PATRN. && .AVIATION...SCT-BKN 3-5K FT CU AND ISOLD -TSRA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVE. MVFR AND VRF CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE TSRA ACTIVITY. MAIN CONCERN TNGT IS IFR VSBYS FOR FOG WITH WINDS BCMG CALM AND MOIST LOLVLS. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. && TK/NP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 335 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-300835- BEAUFORT NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-DUPLIN NC-GREENE NC-JONES NC- LENOIR NC-MAINLAND DARE NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-MARTIN NC-ONSLOW NC- OUTER BANKS DARE NC-OUTER BANKS HYDE NC-PAMLICO NC-PITT NC- TYRRELL NC-WASHINGTON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC BEACH...BAYBORO...BEAUFORT... BELHAVEN...BEULAVILLE...BUXTON...CEDAR ISLAND...COLUMBIA...DUCK... EMERALD ISLE...ENGELHARD...FRISCO...GREENVILLE...HARKERS ISLAND... HATTERAS VILLAGE...HAVELOCK...JACKSONVILLE...KENANSVILLE... KILL DEVIL HILLS...KINSTON...KITTY HAWK...LA GRANGE...MANNS HARBOR... MANTEO...MOREHEAD CITY...NAGS HEAD...NEW BERN... NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...OCRACOKE...ORIENTAL...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL... SWANQUARTER...SWANSBORO...TRENTON...WALLACE...WARSAW... WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON 335 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CGG
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:26 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado caused minor damage to a mobile home.
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